Disinfectant or insecticide container.



G. D. SNELL.

DISINFECTANT OR INSEOTIGIDE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20,1011.

1,016,648. Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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GEORGE n. SNELL, orv DENVER, cononnno.

DISINFECTANT OR INSECTICIDE CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1912'.

Application'filed June 20, 1911. Serial No. 334,278.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. SNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in thecity and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disinfectant or Insecticide Containers; and'I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as w1ll enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in holders or contamers for disinfectants or insecticides. Th1s holder, container or 'cartridge is adapted for use in all the various locations where disinfectants and insecticides are required. The container may be it becomes necessary or desirable to kill .iamong furs and other clothing. The device nay also be loaded with moth balls and placed in trunks or other receptacles where moths and other insects. v c

It is very important that moth balls be kept from direct contact with the clothing which they are' required to protect for-the reason that, where the moth balls vare laid directly upon the clothing for long periods of time, as several months, for instance, they rot the fabric and leave yellowish circles; the creosote and other strong chemicals which theycontain act as a lye and will in 7 time rot the spot of the'clothing where they are laid. This cartridge or container keeps them away from the cloth and will allow continuous evaporation, since the entire wall of the cartridge isperforated, these perforations being closed only for a short distance at its opposite extremities,'to which,

caps or covers are applied, the same being of sufiicient depth to take care of the drip or liquid which.may enter at the lower ex tremity of the device, where it is filled with absorbent material saturated with a 1i uid, as carbolic' acid. Between the cappe or closed extremities of the cartridge, the per-.

forations are open to the air whereby perfect freedom for evaporation is permitted.

Having briefly outlined my improved construction, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In this drawing: Figure l is an elevation of my improved device shown in the upright position, or its .position'when carrying a dis 'infectant substance as carbolic acid or other volatile liquid. Fig, 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is asimilar section of a relatively small device shown loaded with moth balls.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

- Let thenumeral 5 designate the body of my improved device, the same consisting of a hollow cylinder having perforated walls throughout'itslength. To the opposite extremities of this cylinder are applled caps or covers 6, whose free extremities are outwardly flared, as shown at 7, order to insure the catchin of "all the drip from the absorbent material 8 within the container when the said material sever-saturated with liquid, or when the aturation or the nature of the liquid is of such character that its tendency to move downwardly by gravity is sufficient to overcomethe capillary attraction. of the. absorbent substance. In this -event,'the liquid ma pass through the perforations and .run' down upon the outside of the perforated cylinder, in which .case'the outwardly flared free extremity 7 of the r lowermost cap or cover will catch this liquid and-cause it to ole formed b the lower cover. Where this condition exists, it is advisable to reverse the position of the cartridge at 'intervals,--

that is to say, after it has remained for such pass back into the recepta-ya period in one position that a-quan tity of liquid has accumulated at the lower end of the cartridge, the latter is inverted whereby itsupper extremity is made the lowermost an the liquid will travel the .entire length: of the cartridge through the abSOIbfain reaching the botent material before a I tom of the device. uri-ng this operation, it has an excellent opportunity for evaporation by virtue" of the perforated character of x the'walls of the receptacle between the two caps-oncoveIs applied to the opposite ex-i tremities of-the H Where is to use the article in trunks or in other relations where the disinfectant or insecticide is ordinarily brought in direct contact with the articles to be protected, I place the nioth balls or other similar article within the cartridge, after which the ,latter may be thrown into a trunk or other receptacle, where they are brought into direct contact with the clothing or other articles. The wall of the cartridge protects the clothing from coming in direct contact with the moth balls or other similar insecticide or insect destroyer, and thus prevents injury to the clothing, which, without the protection afforded: by myimproved cartridge, will result. At the same time, the perforated wall of the cartridge allows ample opportunity for evaporation, or the dissemination of the odor coming from the moth balls and serving to destroy the moths or other insects.

As heretofore intimated, it is preferred,

where the perforated cylinder is filled with moth balls, that the devices shall be madev relatively small, whereby it becomes practicable to use a greater number, since, in this way, a better distribution of the insect destroying substance may be obtained. This is important, where the articles to be protected are pressed closely together, as where time to remove the disinfectant or insecticide from trunks, chests or other receptacles, since the insect destroying substance is confined within the container and may be removed without difliculty, whereas, where moth balls or other similar insecticide is employed, it is usually diflicult to remove all of them since the individual balls are concealed among the'articles, and much trouble is often required in order to remove them all.

From the foregoing description, the use of my improved device will be readily understood. Where used as a disinfectant, the form of construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may be deposited in lavatories and other similar localities in the usual manner, the device in this event resting upon one of its capped or closed extremities.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A disinfectant cartridge or container, comprising a. hollow cylinder having its opposite extremities equipped with shallow closures, whose free edges are flared outwardly, the container being filled with an absorbent material saturated with a disinfectant, substantially as described.

.2. An insecticide cartridge having a perforated wall, and removable caps or covers whose free edges are flared outwardly, applied to its opposite extremities, substantially as described.

3. .A disinfectant cartridge having perforated walls, the opposite extremities being equipped with closures, forming relatively shallow liquid receptacles when the device is made to rest on either end thereof, and the said closures having their free extremities flared outwardly, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twb witnesses.

GEORGE D. SNELL.

Witnesses:

F. E. BOWEN, C. E. BRADEN. 

